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Judge rules: No broadcast of closing arguments in Prop 8 trial
Closing arguments in the federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter approved ban on gay marriage, will not be broadcast. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request from media groups seeking to record the June 16 session. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California had previously stated it would not allow […]
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NY high school crowns gay seniors prom king and queen
Gay best friends Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard have been voted prom king and queen at Hudson High in upstate New York, winning the student vote by a landslide. The teens said they ran the idea past advisers and the principal, who gave their approval. They added that one of the hardest parts of the […]
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Mormon church fined over anti-gay marriage campaign contributions
The Mormon Church has agreed to pay a $5000 fine for failing to report some campaign staff contributions it made in support of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure in California that outlawed same-sex marriage. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been ordered a $5,539 fine […]
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Gay rights activists stage ‘kiss-in’ protest at suburban Chicago restaurant
About 100 gay rights activists puckered up to prove a point at a suburban Chicago restaurant Friday night. “It’s to educate people that homophobia of any kind is unacceptable,” said Frank Nielsen, who organized the “kiss-in” demonstration after being asked by the restaurant’s owner last month to stop kissing his boyfriend, Danny Hankes. Nielsen and […]
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Iowa polls: Republicans want gay marriage vote; majority of Iowans say let’s move on
It’s no surprise that a large majority of Iowa Republican primary voters say Iowans should have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, according to the latest Des Moines Register Iowa Poll. More than three-quarters of Iowans planning to vote in Tuesday’s Republican primary say Iowans should have a chance to […]
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New York marriage bureau opens its doors for faux gay weddings
New York City officials began offering wedding-like ceremonies for same-sex couples this week, drawing as much criticism as praise from gay rights advocates who want nothing short of full marriage rights. The ceremonies provide no new rights or advantages to same-sex couples — other than the opportunity to have a wedding in the city’s renovated […]
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Obama expands healthcare benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees
President Obama on Wednesday extended a wider range of benefits to the same-sex partners of eligible federal workers, including access to medical treatment, relocation assistance, credit unions and fitness centers. The move goes beyond a memo Obama signed last June, which permitted same-sex partners to use the government’s long-term-care insurance and other fringe benefits. The […]
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Ted Haggard, cured of gay ‘compulsions,’ to launch new inclusive church
Ted Haggard, the disgraced pastor who resigned from his ministry in 2006 amid an embarrassing gay sex scandal, was back in his home town Wednesday to announce he was starting a new church in Colorado Springs.
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McDonald’s airing gay-themed ad in France: ‘Come as you are’
McDonald’s is running a new ad on French TV that features a gay teen and his father, who is unaware of his son’s orientation. The ad shows a gay teen seated at a McDonald’s table, talking to his boyfriend on his cell phone. He hangs up when he sees his father coming. The father, unaware of his son’s sexual orientation, proceeds to joke about the son’s all-male class at school. “It’s […]
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FedEx to expand health coverage to include same-sex partners
Shipping giant FedEx announced Tuesday it will begin offering health insurance to same-sex domestic partners. The benefit won’t become available until January 1, 2012, and while the company has yet to finalize many of the details, it has announced the expansion of its benefits program nonetheless. The Memphis-based shipper had been coming under pressure from […]